LGBTQ rights in Alagoas

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LGBTQ rights in Alagoas
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Legal status Legal since 1830, [1] age of consent equalised
Gender identity Gender change allowed, [2] official standard for altering legal sex doesn't require surgery since 2018
Military Allowed to serve openly [3]
Discrimination protections Yes, since 2019
Family rights
Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage since 2011 [4] [5]
Adoption Legal since 2010 [6]

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenderand queer (LGBTQ) people in Alagoas, Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBTQ people. Homosexuality is legal in the state.

Recognition of same-sex unions

On December 7, 2011, the Court of Alagoas legalized same-sex marriage throughout the state of Alagoas, being the first to do so. Now, same-sex couples don't need to have judge's approval to have a marriage license. [7]

References

  1. ↑ 16 December 1830 Law (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Gays and Lesbians allowed to serve openly in the Brazilian Military Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  4. ↑ "Portal CNJ - CNJ determina que cartórios terão de reconhecer união de pessoas do mesmo sexo". Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Brazilian judicial council orders notaries to recognize same-sex marriage". CNN. May 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ Adoption of same-sex unions in Brazil (in Portuguese)
  7. ↑ "Alagoas regulamenta o casamento civil entre gays em todos os cartórios do estado - Brasil em Política no A Capa". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-12-22.


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